yeah I have 2 of Osprey's other war games, the hong kong one and Dracula's America. Both look very cool. Need some time to learn the rules though.
And the September issue of Wargames Illustrated has an article about
Dracula's America. I noticed that the dice rolling system makes the chance of exploding successes higher the lower a character's skill, I wonder if that's on purpose?
They also had another article about
another car combat game:
Mad Maximillian, set in an alternate history 1930's using 28mm vehicle minis.
And in other news:
'It' Producer to Adapt Sci-Fi Epic 'Ma.K' for Warner Bros.Roy Lee has teamed with Scott Bernstein to adapt the Japanese property for the big screen.
Fresh from the record-breaking box-office haul of horror-thriller It, producer Roy Lee is now setting his sights on giant robots and two-legged tanks.
Lee has teamed with Scott Bernstein, the Universal executive turned producer, and Warner Bros., which released It, to adapt Ma.K, an epic sci-fi property out of Japan.
Originating in the early 1980s in Hobby Japan magazine, Ma.K was a monthly comic that also tied into customizable model kits. It was created by artist and sculptor Kow Yokoyama, who worked with the magazine's editors to create an expansive universe inspired by Star Wars, Blade Runner and World Wars I and II. The combination of manga and models took off, gaining a worldwide cult following over time.
The story is set far, far into the future after a nuclear war caused survivors to flee Earth. When the planet is habitable once again, new colonies are set up, but it's not long before a battle over resources begins. When one side wants to make Earth independent, a new revolutionary war begins, this time with mechanized armor and robots.
"Kow is a world creator in the truest sense, and this project finally gives Ma.K a global audience who will experience this epic and rich sci-fi property as fans have for the last 35 years," says Kevin Munroe (TMNT), who will executive produce with Yokoyama, Rick Privman and Yumiko Miyano.
Surprised this slipped under the radar of the After Hours crew in the "Pitching Netflix" episode.
I've never actually seen the original
Maschinen Krieger comic, apparently it consisted of photographs of scratch-built dioramas with captions, but I have seen plenty of the models though, gorgeous mechanical designs.
What I gather of the story is that it's a sort of alternate WWI/WWII where the "Not-Germans" aren't nazis, so you can build your models of blonde-haired, blue-eyed, forage-cap wearing, panzerfaust-armed soldiers without any guilt! No idea how this IP is going to be adapted to the screen though. Maybe Warner was looking for something after Disney acquired Star Wars?
